Moving from procedure to practice: a statewide child protection simulation training model

Betsy P. Goulet, Theodore P. Cross, Yu Ling Chiu, Susan Evans

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Abstract

In FY 2015 the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services partnered with the University of Illinois Springfield to develop the Child Protection Training Academy in order to redesign the six-week classroom training for new investigators and create an experiential component. This paper chronicles the goals of the partnership and the planning and implementation of the Academy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)597-616
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Public Child Welfare
Volume15
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Child protection
  • child welfare; training
  • simulation
  • workforce development

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science

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